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IV. Proficiencies
Foreign language proficiency
Students whose first language is English fulfill this requirement
in any of the following ways:
- Completion of a 211 course in a modern or classical language.
- Completion of a Modern and Classical Languages Department 212 course (HML).
- Successful completion of a departmental language proficiency test.
Incoming students who have studied a
foreign language previously will take a placement test which will indicate whether they
should enroll in 111, 112, 211 or above. Students who place above 211 may fulfill the
foreign language requirement by taking 212 in a language (which also fulfills one of the
two lower division humanities requirements for the core curriculum) or by successful
completion of a proficiency test, administered by the Department of Modern and Classical
Languages throughout the academic year. No student will fulfill the foreign language
proficiency requirement simply on the basis of the placement test.
Students whose first language is not English fulfill this
requirement in one of the following ways:
- Students who submit a TOEFL score result of 550 (old scale) or 213 (new
scale) or higher when applying for admission will be interviewed by an English as Second
Language (ESL) instructor before classes begin to determine if they have a speaking
proficiency in English of "advanced plus" according to guidelines published by
the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages. Those who demonstrate this
level of proficiency will have satisfied the foreign language proficiency requirement.
(Students submitting test results other than the TOEFL, such as those who have taken
English Language Services courses though level 109, will be evaluated individually by the
ESL instructor.)
- Students with a TOEFL score of 550 (old scale) or 213 (new scale) or higher
who have not achieved a speaking proficiency level of "advanced plus" will
complete (with a grade of C or better) four mods of ESL, listening comprehension and
speaking (ESL 101, 102, 105 and 106).
- Students who submit a TOEFL score result lower than 550 (old scale) or 213
(new scale) when applying for admission will complete (with a grade of C or better) two
semesters of ESL (ESL 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108).
Mathematics proficiency
Students fulfill this requirement by demonstrating proficiency in
basic knowledge of the number system; the properties, skills and operations of arithmetic
and algebra; algebraic equations and inequalities; and applications. This can be done
through a sufficiently high ACT-math or SAT-math score or satisfactory completion of the
Math Proficiency Exam. The staff of the Math Skills Center provides students assistance in
preparing for this exam, which is administered throughout the academic year.
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